Tripura-Manipur cadre IPS officer held in corruption case
Source: The Sangai Express / PTI
Bhubaneswar, July 23 2016 :
The anti-corruption vigilance sleuths today arrested an IPS officer
of Tripura-Manipur cadre from Ghaziabad for his alleged involve-
ment in a scam in Odisha.
Joydeep Nayak was produced before the court of chief
judicial magistrate in Ghaziabad of Uttar Pradesh which has
granted the transit remand, an official release said.
He was being brought to Odisha, Vigilance superintendent
of police Swarup Kumar Parida said.
Nayak was on the run for one month after a case was
registered against his name by Odisha vigilance.
He was
arrested by a special team of the vigilance wing.
Nayak, a 1991-batch IPS officer, was allegedly involved in
misappropriation Rs 88 lakh meant for computer education of
SC/ST students and self help groups (SHGs) in Odisha when
he was on deputation in the Human Rights Protection Cell
(HRPC) of Odisha police.
Nayak has been accused of awarding the contract to a
computer company in Cuttack without floating any tender.
The
scam came to light this year after Nayak's successor took
charge of HRPC.
Later, the ST and SC development department also con-
ducted a special audit during which the misappropriation was
detected and the department lodged a formal complaint with
the vigilance this month.
Based on the complaint, the state vigilance has already
arrested the additional SP Basanta Kumar Pradhan, who was
then DSP of the cell, Pracheta Kumar Mishra, the then steno,
Ashutosh Mishra, proprietor of the computer company, Chandi
Charan Patnaik, its general manager and Mamata Rout, who
is the proprietor of a printing press.
Tripura government had suspended Nayak on July 6 for
breaching service rules.
Nayak, who was posted as director in
Tripura fire service department, was transferred as OSD to
State Institute of Public Administration and Rural Develop-
ment.
Tripura government initiated action against the official after
Odisha Vigilance department wrote to it regarding the non-
appearance of the officer despite notices sent to him.
Nayak had come to Odisha on deputation in 2011 and
served in several positions.
The alleged corruption took place
when he was in-charge of SC & ST Protection Cell, HRPC
Odisha, Cuttack from August 24, 2012 to December 31, 2015.
He returned to Tripura in January 2016 to join as Director Fire
Services.
Nayak had undergone a surgery on his leg at Safdarjung
Hospital in New Delhi and remained untraced after his dis-
charge from the hospital on June 22 .